Sulky



A. BEDFORD. Sulky.

No. 226,826. Patented April 27,1880.

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N-PEI'ERS, PHOTO-UTHOGRAPHER. WASMINGTOMJJC.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALMA BEDFORD, or OOLDWATER, MICHIGAN.

SULKY.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 226,826, dated April 27,1880,

Application filed December 15, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALMA BEDFORD, of Goldwater, Branch county, Michigan, have invented an Improvement in Sulkies, of which the following is a specification;

The nature of this invention relates to new and useful improvements in the construction of trotting-sulkies, whereby the same are rendered stiffer, and at the same time lighter, than those of the ordinary construction.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combination of the various parts, all as more fully hereinafter set forth.

.view, showing the seat in dotted outline.

In the drawings, Figure .l is a perspective Fig. 2 is a bottom plan.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, A represents the shafts, properly mounted upon the axle B. 0 represents the front, and D the rear, cross bars, constructed of wood bent to the desired form and bolted at their ends to the shafts. Mounted upon these cross-bars is the seat E, being secured in place by bolts to at the four corners, which pass through the blocks 1), upon which the seat rests, and through the cross-bars O D. These blocks b may be shortened or replaced by longer ones, either front or rear, so as to give the desired pitch to the seat.

F are stirrup bows and braces, preferably bent from a piece of wood, and are secured at their ends to the shafts and front cross bar. Within these bows I. place a foot-rest or stirrup, G, in the ends of which are formed slots, through which bolts or screws 0 pass into the shafts and bows, and by these means the stirrups may be adjusted to or from the seat to suit the driver. The stirrups G are each provided with two lugs, a a, bent angularly, so that one lug of the stirrup rests on one of the shafts and the other lug on one of the braces F. By this construction the stirrup is guided along the shaft and brace in its adjustments, and the stirrup is prevented from turning on the screws 0 0 when the pressure ofthe drivers foot is applied to the front end of the stirrup.

H is a brace, also formed of bent wood, and is attached at its ends to the front and rear cross-bars, and atits center to the axle. Pivoted to this brace, in advance of the axle, is the whiffletree I.

By this manner of construction I produce a sulky that is much lighter, stiffer, and less expensive to manufacture than those of the ordinary construction, wherein numerous iron braces have to be employed to strengthen the joints, thus rendering the sulky heavy.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is 1. The combination of the arched front and rear braces, O D, constructed and secured to the shafts as set forth, with the seat E and adjustable blocks I), secured to the braces, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the shafts A, having the braces F, of the slotted stirrups G G, provided with the bent lugs a and set-screws c, substantially as described, and for the pur-- pose set forth.

3. In a sulky, and in combination with the axle and front cross-bar, the brace H, to which is pivoted the whiffletree I, substantially as described.

4. A sulky provided with the cross-bars O D, braces F and H, and the adjustable stirrups G, when constructed and arranged substantially in the manner and for the purposes set forth.

* ALMA BEDFOBD.

, WVitnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, A. BARTHEL. 

